New Releases by Tom Palmer

Navigating life in England, Azeem hopes to share his passion for cricket with his new friends in this action-packed sports story from award-winning author Tom Palmer.

Discover one hundred of the most memorable moments in England''s football history from the No.1 football series - over 3 million copies sold! From Harry Kane''s Golden Boot to Beckham''s stunning free kick, bestselling author and football expert Tom Palmer picks ONE HUNDRED of the greatest moments in England''s football history in this exciting Ultimate Football Heroes collection! This is an endlessly fascinating treasury of stories for fans of all ages. Ultimate Football Heroes is a series of biographies telling the life stories of the biggest and best footballers in the world and their incredible journeys from childhood fan to superstar professional player. Written in fast-paced, action-packed style these books are perfect for all the family to collect and share. Perfect for reluctant readers and all fans of the beautiful game.

Discover one hundred of the most memorable moments in England''s football history in this fascinating Ultimate Football Heroes collection!

Discover one hundred of the most memorable moments in Liverpool F.C.''s history in this fascinating Ultimate Football Heroes collection!

Can Rocky Race lead her team to victory? Now that Rocky has her grades under control, she can focus on the most important thing: she is going to the California Soccer Championships! With only weeks to go until the big match, Rocky is starting to... get nervous? But she never gets scared before a match! So why is she having nightmares, and dreading training after school? Everyone is counting on her, and she knows that winning the championship gives her a better chance of going pro. With so much pressure, will Rocky be able to step up and take the winning shot? The exciting sequel in The Soccer Diaries series starring Rocky Race, a British footballer looking to make it big. Perfect for fans of Up For Air and The Kicks!

Rocky Race loves football so much that she moved to the United States to train at a high school with an amazing soccer team. She''s made new friends, even won a state championship! Now her best friends from her home in Melchester, England, have come to play a match against her new American team. Rocky is so excited! But when her friends arrive, not everyone gets along. Her American friends don''t understand why the British call it ''football'', and her British friends don''t understand why the Americans call it ''soccer''. And with the match the next day, Rocky feels pressured to pick a side. But Rocky has a plan. Will Rocky be able to take the lead and show everyone that they''re all united by their love for the game?

A captivating, emotional look at one dog''s bravery during the war Judy is a dog who lives on a ship called HMS Grasshopper. As the ship''s mascot, Judy has many duties. She catches rats, watches out for soldiers who may fall overboard, and she listens out for danger. Judy loves her crew, and they love her. She knows that she brings comfort to the men, making her job very important during these hard times. But when her soldiers are taken prisoner and she is separated from her beloved Frank, she must find the strength to keep going. She is their only hope. This beautiful picture book is a testament to the love and loyalty of dogs and the importance of animal companions. Based on a true story, Tom Palmer''s debut picture book is a tribute to a remarkable hero of WWII - Judy the dog She is the only animal to have been made a prisoner of war and was awarded the Dickin Medal for her services during the war Judy is magnificently brought to life with Carolina Rabei''s mesmerising illustrations Learn more about the role of animals who have been involved in conflict with a non-fiction spread at the back of the book Older readers will delight in Palmer''s other historical fiction books, including D-Day Dog, Over the Line, After the Warand Armistice Runner

Rocky Race is going for goal - but what about her grades? Rocky Race is living the dream: she''s won a scholarship to a prestigious high school in Los Angeles, where she gets to play soccer and train for going pro. She''s got an amazing best friend, and a supportive mum and brother back home in the UK. But living away from home isn''t easy, and fitting in with American kids in high school is scary and new. Not to mention she has to keep her grades up if she wants to stay on the pitch! Will Rocky survive high school? The exciting sequel in The Soccer Diaries series starring Rocky Race, a British footballer looking to make it big. Perfect for fans of Up For Air and The Kicks!

Discover the most memorable moments in football history in this fascinating Ultimate Football Heroes collection! From the invention of the modern sport all the way to the present day, bestselling author and football expert Tom Palmer picks ONE HUNDRED of the most thrilling and significant goals, games, and players from more than 150 years of the Beautiful Game. Featuring Pele''s World Cup, Maradona''s Hand of God, John Barnes'' Maracana magic, and the Lionesses'' European Championship triumph, this is an endlessly fascinating treasury of stories for fans of all ages.

Multi-award-winning author Tom Palmer shines a light on life under wartime occupation, in a beautifully told story inspired by the childhood of Hollywood legend Audrey Hepburn.

There is no such thing as being "undecided" about war. It''s a binary choice. If you''re not for it, you have to be against it. The essays in this book offer evidence and arguments for peace. The writers advance peace not merely as a moral ideal but as an eminently practical objective. Too often peace activists have thought it sufficient merely to call for peace and to denounce war, without investigating the economic, social, political, and psychological conditions of peace. They may oppose this or that war, without considering what causes wars-for example, fallacies about clashes of civilizations, economic conflict, protectionism, and the zero-sum worldview-and then addressing those causes. Peace is not an impractical fantasy, nor is it something for which one must sacrifice prosperity or progress or freedom. In fact, peace, freedom, prosperity, and progress go hand in hand. The essays in this book appeal to the mind. They are anchored in sound history, economic reality, empirical psychology, political science, and hard-headed logic, as well as art and the aesthetic imagination. If the heart is to be engaged on behalf of peace, it should be engaged through the mind.

Multi-award-winning author Tom Palmer returns with a thrilling naval adventure inspired by the incredible history of the Second World War Arctic convoys.

The final pulse-pounding story in the second scintillating season of the smash-hit phenomenon reboot, and the first ever Roy of the Rovers title to be told from the perspective of a female footballer - Rocky Race, Roy''s younger sister! A struggling student and brilliant footballer, Rocky Race is many things, but to most people she''s just Roy Race''s little sister. It''s not much fun - especially as Melchester Rovers head to the League Cup Final. Rocky''s sick of everyone knowing her through Roy, she''s had enough of school, and she''s even started having panic attacks. Now it''s up to Rocky to find her own way - as a person and a player - and she''s going to need all her grit and determination to do it...

Master storyteller Tom Palmer returns with a touching celebration of the heroic paratroopers of WWII and their parachuting canine companions.

Master storyteller Tom Palmer returns with a deeply moving and beautifully told novel of friendship and belonging, inspired by the incredible true story of the Windermere Boys.

Celebrate the buzz of the Rugby World cup with this action-packed, globe-trotting rugby adventure from top-selling author Tom Palmer. Borderlands First XV have their sights set on becoming the best school rugby team in the world. But while the boys focus on their matches, many of their parents are serving overseas in the armed forces, and everyone is worried as conflict grows in the Central Asian Republic. New pupil Woody is a footballer by nature and must decide if he''s prepared to give rugby his all. Rory feels like he''s losing his focus, distracted by thoughts of his parents in danger. And Owen finds himself a t the centre when conflict breaks out within the team. With so many hurdles to face along the way, how far will they get in the rigorous schools'' tournament?

A funny and heartwarming story about a girl and her pet cat, who becomes a World Cup celebrity There''s a football challenge at Yusra''s school and everyone wants to win. Which class can find the best way to predict England''s World Cup results? Yusra has an idea - her pet cat Gus could help As Gus keeps guessing the scores right, the word spreads and soon everyone wants a piece of the famous football cat. But is the life of a celebrity as purrfect as it seems? The Reading Ladder series helps children to enjoy learning to read. It features well-loved authors, classic characters and favorite topics, so that children will find something to excite and engage them in every title they pick up. It''s the first step towards a lasting love of reading. Level 3 Reading Ladder titles are perfect for fluent readers who are beginning to read exciting, challenging stories independently. Varied sentences Detailed illustrations to enjoy Chapters Interesting characters and themes A rich range of vocabulary More complex storylines to stretch confident readers All Reading Ladder titles are developed with a leading literacy consultant, making them perfect for use in schools and for parents keen to support their children''s reading.

Football meets fantasy in this second title of Tom Palmer''s action-packed Wings trilogy. Greg''s fed up with playing in goal. He reckons things only happen to you there. The other players get to make them happen. The summer school isn''t turning out how he''d hoped at all. The old airfield next to the school freaks Greg out ... but when he starts on a model of an old Spitfire, he''s propelled into an adventure that will really show him what it means to take control ... Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.

The Borderlands team has made it to the World Champhionships in New Zealand, but the strain of divisions within the squad and worry for their Forces parents'' safety have the boys well and truly rattled. Can they pull it together and bring the trophy home?

The Hulk has been blamed for the televised murder of a little boy, which means that Bruce Banner and his alter ego are now at the top of the Most Wanted list. This volume, which collects volumes 34 to 39 of The Incredible Hulk, is just the start of this epic story line, courtesy of writer Bruce Jones, penciler John Romita Jr and inker Tom Palmer.

What is freedom? How is freedom related to justice, law, property, peace, and prosperity? Tom Palmer has spent a lifetime-as a scholar, teacher, journalist, and activist-asking and answering these questions. Since its publication in 2009, Realizing Freedom has been the recipient of wide acclaim, both in the United States and around the world. Now, this expanded edition adds even greater depth and dimension to the book, with newly added essays that confirm Palmer''s role as one of liberty''s most articulate advocates. A tireless educator, Palmer has traveled the world to bring the message of freedom to people on every continent. At home, he has been an incisive commentator on current affairs as well as an original and innovative thinker in political philosophy. The essays in this volume are drawn from his decades of work on the theory of justice, multiculturalism, democracy and limited government, globalization, the law and economics of patents and copyrights, among many other topics, and reflect the many levels on which Palmer has promoted individual liberty.

Millgarth Police Station reverberates with the early adrenalin-rush of a case they won''t close for years. A teenage boy trails the city centre bars of the eighties in thrall to his hero - a Leeds United football hooligan. A single woman finds her frustrations with men confirmed speed-dating in a city re-invented as a party capital. Bringing together fiction from some of the city''s most celebrated writers, The Book of Leeds traces the unique contours that fifty years of social and economic change can impress on a city. These are stories that take place at oblique angles to the larger events in the city''s history, or against wider currents that have shaped the social and cultural landscape of today''s Leeds: a modern city with both problems and promise.

The latest in Comma’s acclaimed series of short story anthologies, Bracket brings together 20 of the country’s most promising, previously unpublished writers. From the cliffs of Flamborough Head to high rise, inner city madness; from lost loves to the last days of civilisation - the settings and scenarios in these stories captivate and unsettle in equal measure, all the time striving for that most unlikely modern thing, intimacy. "Short fiction is in good hands" Independent on Sunday, 13 Mar 2005. Read full review. "Fills you with hope for the form" Time Out, 2 Feb 2005. Read Full Review. "Get with the zeitgeist and buy yourself a copy of Bracket" Leeds Guide, 26 Jan 2005. Read full review. "An agreeably accomplished collection populated, as promised, by some intriguing characters" City Life, 19 Jan 2005. Read full review.

When the Gelderd End sings ''If you''re proud to be a Leeds fan clap your hands'' you clap your hands . . . but should you? Leeds United Football Club have one of the worst reputations in the country. For years the fans and players - fairly or unfairly - have been associated with thuggery. In If You''re Proud to be a Leeds Fan Tom Palmer tries to work out just why he claps and why, when he has to miss a home game for work, he feels so bad. Set in the 2001-02 Premiership season, the author follows Leeds United at stadiums home and away, in bars watching satellite, listening to Radio Leeds and Radio Five Live and watching the pages of Ceefax. He focuses as much on the fans as on the action on the pitch and tries to establish whether Leeds fans and players are really so bad. The book examines the highs and lows of the club''s recent history and their impact on the supporters - from the Paris riot in 1975 to relegation in 1982 and the glory of the 1992 League win. Palmer discusses the Bowyer-Woodgate trial, the board''s plans to take Leeds United away from Elland Road, the controversial replacement of manager David O''Leary with Terry Venables, and the club''s persistent hooliganism problems, especially the fans'' unceasing hatred of Manchester United. If You''re Proud to be a Leeds Fan tries to explain why, in the face of so many reasons why you shouldn''t, you still find yourself clapping. The book includes Leeds poet Tony Harrison''s poem ''v.''.

Matt likes nothing more than to watch the football, sink a few pints with his mates, and throw a few punches. But when his friend is killed in a riot after a match, Matt has to choose what he loves more, the footie or his family. This book is particularly suitable for adults who want to improve their reading skills. It includes ‘What do you think?’ questions at the end of each chapter.

Meet Danny Harte. Football fan and crime detective. Danny loves supporting his local team, City FC. So when everyone starts supporting the Italian team Forza FC, Danny is angry. His club is in jeopardy and needs their support. Danny decides to investigate the sudden popularity of the new team - starting with Forza''s billionaire owner - and that''s when the danger really kicks off. . . Can Danny uncover the sinister reasons behind Forza''s success - and save City at the same time?

In recent months there has been a spate of burglaries at the houses of players from Danny''s favourite football club, City FC. Danny wants to know who''s behind it all and is on the case. But after scouting out the crime scenes, there are newspaper reports of a young boy having been seen hanging around. Danny needs to find out who''s behind these crimes - and fast. If he doesn''t, he might have turned from crime detective into the biggest suspect of them all...

James, Lily and friends have had some bad news - football is now banned at their school. But they all love football! So if they''re not allowed to kick a ball the playground, they''ll have to find another way to play - in secret . . .

An exciting football series, following the adventures of United''s under-twelves side. Since Ryan Flynn got into trouble for bullying, he''s been determined to pull his socks up and be the best captain United''s ever had. So when team-mate Craig causes problems on - and off - the pitch, Ryan knows he must get to the bottom of it or he''ll lose a talented player. But Craig''s worries are much bigger than Ryan realized - can he help Craig and stop him from being shown the red card?